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Historical Event on 1/20/1999
Renowned playwright Girish Karnad is selected for the 1998 Jnanpith Award.
| Other Historical Dates and Events |
| 1/19/1931 | The first Round Table Conference held in London ended. This conference was attended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar also. |
| 2/28/1967 | General Election ( 4th) of India ends. |
| 4/14/1919 | Gandhiji confesses at Nadiad his ""Himalayan Miscalculation"" regarding satyagraha martial law declared in Punjab. |
| 4/5/1663 | Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj attacked Shahistekhan at Pune. |
| 11/8/1991 | K.P.S. Gill reappointed DGP in Punjab. |
| 1/5/1988 | India's first indigenously built 'Braille' script released short hand machine for the blind. |
| 5/1/1915 | Rameshwar Shukla 'Anchal', modern Hindi poet, novelist and essay writer, was born. |
| 4/1/1997 | Govt. clarifies it is illegal to carry a child on a two-wheeler in addition to a pillion rider. |
| 5/1/1922 | Madhu Limaye, great politician, freedom fighter, writer and national leader, was born at Pune, Maharashtra. |
| 2/1/1976 | Air Marshal Hrushikesh Moolgavkar PVSM, MVC, became the Air Officer Commanding, India Command. He was in this office till 31/Aug/1978. |
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